A brief afternoon weather system moved slowly over the Oregon Inlet in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Just three minutes earlier the system began to take a funnel shape as the park service insisted we leave. As quickly as the funnel started to form, it dissipated and spread out to become a wonderful juxtaposition of threatening storm clouds clashing with perfect blue skies and clouds.

I took some portraits with the threatening system in the background. Then I sent the family on a walk up the beach path towards the ocean to suggest tension, the mysterious and unknown. The ultimate on-the-spot goal was to create a wide stark landscape with a suggestion of tension.
Camera: Sony DSC-TX200V, f3.5, 1/400th, ISO 64, 4.7mm
Prints made using Epson 7900 with ImagePrint RIP on Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper

The result is a striking landscape image with dramatic colors and a hint of mystery.